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Unscramble the Blue Letters

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Open Cloze

But here's the thing about this story. She was ___________________ for 15 years. _____ trafficking and slavery is a criminal offense. And so her lawyers and I asked Lily, did she want to press criminal charges for what had happened to her. And after thinking about what it would mean, she said no, because she didn't want the children to be separated from their parents. Instead, we _____ a civil lawsuit, and we __________ won the case, and her case became a rallying cry for domestic workers everywhere. She was reunited with her family and went on to have a family of her own.

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Original Text

But here's the thing about this story. She was essentially enslaved for 15 years. Human trafficking and slavery is a criminal offense. And so her lawyers and I asked Lily, did she want to press criminal charges for what had happened to her. And after thinking about what it would mean, she said no, because she didn't want the children to be separated from their parents. Instead, we filed a civil lawsuit, and we eventually won the case, and her case became a rallying cry for domestic workers everywhere. She was reunited with her family and went on to have a family of her own.